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Re: Sit vs stand

Author: aero145
Date: 2009-03-21 20:24

@ Ian White:

It is not so simple. =)

A German bell with a metal ring is not a French bell, it’s simply a German bell with a metal ring - period. :o)

I am going to show you examples of French and Italian bells - on Heckel-type bassoons. I am sure you know how a German bell looks like =) :

On this photo, there are two bells - one low-Bb German with an ivory ring, and one low-A Italian with a metal ring. Notice that the width is the same all the way on the Italian:

http://www.heckelbassoons.info/images/bassoons/9980/InCase.jpg

On this photo, you see a French diveded long joint low-Bb bell with a metal ring:

http://www.heckelbassoons.info/images/bassoons/15208/InCase.jpg

So, there seem to be three types of bells:

German
Italian
French

with either ivory/plastic rings or metal rings.

Best regards,
D

PS: The real French bells on the bassons are different from the Heckel-type French bells of the bassoons of course.

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